12 Facts About Mykola Mikhnovsky

Mykola Mikhnovsky was born in the village of Turivka on 31 March 1873.

The son of a priest, Mykola Mikhnovsky's family was primarily Cossack, with roots going back to the 17th century.

Mykola Mikhnovsky spent his childhood in the countryside, listening to folk songs, stories and songs.

Mykola Mikhnovsky's father held church services in the Ukrainian language.

Mykola Mikhnovsky began to preach boldly, that the only way to gain state independence was through armed conflict and that this was the only path for the Ukrainian people.

Mykola Mikhnovsky graduated and began working in one of the lawyers' offices in Kyiv.

In 1898, Mykola Mikhnovsky moved to Kharkiv, where he became a lawyer and a prominent Ukrainian independence activist.

Mykola Mikhnovsky was detained by the gendarmerie and sent for military service to the Romanian Front.

When German armies occupied Ukraine and installed the Hetmanate regime, Mykola Mikhnovsky opposed the rule of hetman Pavlo Skoropadskyi, but refused to take part in a coup to topple him.

Mykola Mikhnovsky considered the new government to be extremist and incompetent, and his party plotted to replace its leadership either with colonel Petro Bolbochan or Sich Riflemen leader Yevhen Konovalets.

In 1924 Mykola Mikhnovsky returned to Kyiv, where he was arrested by GPU, but released in a short time.

On 3 May 1924, Mykola Mikhnovsky was found hanged in a garden belonging to his long-time political ally Volodymyr Shemet.